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Karen Elaine Creedon and Robert John Dunn were married at 4 p.m. on May 20, 2000, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Upperville, Va. The Rev. Andrew T.P. Merrow performed the double-ring ceremony. Dinner and dancing followed at Mulberry Farm, the groom's family estate in Middleburg. The bride is a graduate of James Madison University and is director of marketing for Education Week and Teacher Magazine. She is the daughter of Mrs. Gail Williams Creedon of Williamsburg and Dr. Jeremiah F. Creedon of Hampton.

James Vincent Morgan, 70, co-owner of the former Morgan's Drug Stores of Gloucester and West Point, died Oct. 16, 1997, at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital, Gloucester, after a long illness. Morgan was well known for his devotion to his church and community and involved himself in many volunteer activities. John Warren Cooke of Mathews, former Speaker of the House of Delegates, said Mr. Morgan was "a first rate citizen of Gloucester County. His contributions for the welfare of the whole county have been many.

Shortly after the crest of Sunday's high tide, at about 2 o'clock, a collection of dreams and lifelong goals sets sail from the Salt Ponds Marina. Destination: Tortola, The British Virgin Islands. "That's what the Caribbean 1500 is all about," founder and organizer Steve Black said Friday. "It's about people who have worked hard to get into the position of being able to do something like this. People who are finally doing something about their dreams." The Caribbean 1500 is the sailing version of a rally.

Latin American parades can be fun and infinitely photogenic. Whether the celebration be religious or civic in origin, the ingenuity and craft of costumes is astounding. In a recent small town parade in coastal Equador, however, the costumes of one group took the inevitable group of camera-wielding North Americans by surprise: all carried knapsacks and fake cameras, the lenses of which were put at point blank range into the surprised faces of onlookers; the paraders were lampooning us, the travelling photographers.

TIBET-CHINA STRUGGLE. Tour guides in Lhasa, Tibet, are forbidden by the Chinese government to talk about the human-rights struggle between China and Tibet. But a rights group has published a new map and guide to fill in the gaps. "On This Spot: An Unconventional Map & Guide of Lhasa," published by the International Campaign for Tibet, describes the human-rights struggle in Tibet since China occupied the country in 1949 and the Dalai Lama fled into exile. Besides an up-to-date map, the guide includes uncensored stories behind Lhasa's tourist sites.

The Greek Festival, a 40-year-old event held on the grounds of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 7220 Granby St., Norfolk, runs today through Sunday. The festival will include traditional Greek cuisine, entertainment, arts and crafts and a cooking school. Outdoor stands will sell everything from shish kebab and spanakopita (spinach and feta cheese baked in phyllo pastry) to baklava. The food will be available for takeout or may be eaten at tables in outdoor tents on the festival site.

GUVERNATOR - WARRICK Paula Channing Warrick and George Christian Guvernator IV were married March 27 at Westover Church in Charles City by the Rev. Thomas Bauer. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Pruden Jr. of Yorktown and Mr. and Mrs. Claude Marion Warrick of Newport News and the granddaughter of Virginia Bush of Newport News. She graduated from Tabb High School and North Carolina State University. She is a news producer at WRIC TV8 in Richmond. The bridegroom is the son of Barbara Guvernator of Richmond and George Christian Guvernator III of Richmond.